Never Built New York

Interesting and useful history of New York City politics and personalities as A. Squitieri Interesting and useful history of New York City politics and personalities as much as around-the-bend concepts. Two major problems : Setting the main text in , it seems, Letter Gothic (?) makes it almost unreadable . An idea that's not just overly precious, but makes the text hard to follow . I also take issue with the opening "paradox of the unbuilt" which makes the . "A fascinating read about this city." according to N. Keller. For anyone with an interest in New York City's history, in its architecture or in civil engineering, this is a book to own. It's well illustrated and articulately written. One can only wonder how this City would have been transformed had some of these actually been built.. more appeal than expected The architects and planners in the family loved this. A big, big hit as Christmas gift. People who just like NYC enjoyed it too. Didn't expect so much "historical" info but it was much appreciated. Just about everybody spent some time with this.

For more than a decade, he was the architecture critic at Los Angeles magazine. Libeskind speaks widely on the art of architecture in universities and professional summits. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and daughter.Architect Daniel Libeskind is an international figure in architecture and urban design. He was the recip

Included are alternate visions for Central Park, Columbus Circle, Lincoln Center, MoMA, the UN, Grand Central Terminal, the World Trade Center site and other highlights such as: Alfred Ely Beach’s system of airtight subway cars propelled via atmospheric pressure; Frank Lloyd Wright’s last project, his Key Plan for Ellis Island, on which he would have developed his dream city; Buckminster Fuller’s design for Brooklyn’s Dodger Stadium, complete with giant geodesic dome to shield players and fans from the rain; developer William Zeckendorf’s Rooftop Airport, perched on steel columns 200 feet above street level, spanning from 24th to 71st Street, Ninth Avenue to the Hudson River; John Johansen’s Leapfrog City proposal to create an entirely new neighborhood atop the tenements of East Harlem; and Stephen Holl’s Bridge of Houses, offering options from SROs to modest studios to luxury apartments on a segment of what is now the High Line.Fact-filled and entertaining texts, plus

And yet the concepts covered in Never Built New York don’t seem entirely unfamiliar. The building concepts in this book are imaginative, opinionated attempts to compete for New York's attention and shape its future, knowing that a mark left on this city will be forever felt around the world. (Raphael Pope-Sussman The Gothamist)The book shows architects as idealistic, yet often unrealistic dreamers; the Skyscraper Bridges of Raymond Hood emerge eerily from their pencil sketches and R Buckminster Fuller’s glass dome over Manhattan, half a mile in diameter, looks positively futuristic… an inverse history of a city that never was. (Harriet Thorpe Wallpaper)an impact on designers and architects for years to com